Setting-die.



' PATEMBD {)GT. 16. 1906.

W. s. ELLIOT.

SETTING DIE.

APPLIGATIUN FXLED 1336.7, 1904.

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UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. ELLIOT, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR,- BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO UNITED FAST COLOR EYELET COMPANY, OF

PORTLAND. MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.'

SETTING-DIE.

To all whmn 2' nut- ,1 concern:

Be'it known that I, WILLIAM S. ELLIOT, 'a citizen of the United Stat-es, residing at a Northampton, county of Hampshire, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Setting-Dies,

of which the following is a specification, ref-;

erence being had therein to the -accompanying drawings.

My invention has for its object an im-- proved die for use in setting eyelets and like articles which shall operate without the defects found in such dies as heretofore cona vertical section of an eyelet-set and its cooperating anvil, the said set embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a modification. hereinafter referred to.

My invention relates more particularly to dies for setting eyelets and similar articles provided with tops of celluloid or other plastic material molded thereon or which have their tops covered with a finishing layer or coating of plastic material, enameh-or the like. It has been found that in setting these eyelets bymeans of setting-dies of any of the well-known kinds the molded to or finishing layer is apt to be cracked or brolien, and this is especially the case if the said top is ornamented or roughened or has formed thereon projecting figures or the like. By the employment of a setting-die embodying my invention I am enabled to reduce to a minimum the number of. such eyelets or similar articles broken during the setting operation. My improved die is also less likely to disfigme the ornamentation, if any there be, on the to ofthe eyelet.

eferrin to the drawings, A is a settingdie of usual form and construction and having a retractible spindle B of usual construction and operation. The-cooperating anvil is shown at O and is provided with the usual post or projection, which when the eyelet is eing set projects within the barrel thereof. The set and anvil and connected parts are usually made from steel. The hollowed or rounded face 2 of the set A corresponds-in Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 7,1904. Serial No. 235.810.

Patented Oct. 16,1906.

, shape with the top of the eyelet, the said set having an annular concavity which substanioially fits the annular curved top of the eye- In ap lying my invention to aset Lmake an annu ar grooveor'recess 3 in-the face .of the set at the bottom of the annular concav ity therein and fit tightly within the same a ring or cushion 4, of yieldin or elastic material, preferably rubber. T e free or outer face of this rubber ring 4 should extend, as

shown, slightly above the adjoining metal faces of the concavity, so that when the set is brought in contact withthe top of the eyelet and is pressed against the same in the act of setting the eyelet the rubber ring 4 will first bear on the top of the eyelet and will-becom pressed as the pressure is applied'until the.

top of the eyelet also bears on the adjoining metal portions of the said face 2 of the set. If there are any raised portions or pro ecinto and be accommodated by theyielding ring or cushion 4, of rubber, andthe settin ressure will be uniformly applied. As w l lie clear, by varying the softness or yielding quality of the rubber employed fineor delitions' on the top of the eyelet, they will sink' cate rojections on the top may be protected from reakage It will be furtherunderstood that I may vary the width of the rubber 1101 tion of the face of the set as desired for ey ets or like articlespf varying size and also for eyelets or the like of the same size, but havlng projections or the like of varying sizes thereon. I do not des re to limit myself, however, in; these particulars. In practice,

however, I have foundit desirable to have a portion of the face of the set, preferably on each side of the rubber ring, of metal, which will bear upon the top of the eyelet when the setting pressure has increased sufficiently to compress the rubber.

In the modification shown, Fig. 2, I omit.

the rubber ring, but cut away the concave face of the setting-die, as shown at 6. This keeps the cut-away portion of the .die wholly out of contact with any projection or the like on the top of the eyelet, but doesnot operate to distribute the setting ressureuniformly, and therefore, while a ording some of the advantages of the preferred embodipracment of my invention-heretofore described,

What I claim is surfaces which are spaced apart and arranged 1. A setting-die having an annular recess to sustain the pressure of said upsetting-die. in the face thereof and a cushion of yielding 8. In an eyeleting-niachine, an upsettingmaterial in the said recess. die and a pressure-die, the latter being pro- 40 5 I 2. A setting-die having an annular recess vided withan annular recess, as and for the in the face thereof and having in said annupurpose described. larrecess an annular cushion of yielding ma- 9. An eyeletsetting die having an engagterlal. ing surface for exerting pressure upon the 3. A setting-die for eyelets having a ring head of an eyelet and provided with a recess .5 of rubber in the face thereof, said ring'of rubfor receiving a raised portion on the head of be! when not compressed projecting slightly the eyelet, said recess being of greater dimenabove the adjacent portions of thefface of the sions than said raised portion. die. I 10. An eyelet-setting die provided with an 4. In an eyeleting-machine, an upsetting engagin Y surface conforming to the outer 5o die, and a pressure-die arranged to. sustain part of t e head of an eyelet and an engaging the pressure of the upsetting-die which is surface conforming to the inside of the head transmitted through an eyelet, said pressureof the eyelet and having a recess intermediate die having a pressure-sustaining surface con. said surfaces for receiving raised portions on structedito contact with the face of an eyeletthe head of the eyelet to prevent them from 5 5 head without contacting with a raised porbeing subjected to excessive pressure during tion on said face. the operation of setting'the eyelet.

5. An eyelet-setting die having surfaces 11. An eyelet-setting die having annular for exerting ressure upon the outer part and engaging surfaces substantially concave in the inside 0 the head of an eyelet and concross-section for applying pressure to the 2 5 structed between said surfaces to receive a head of an eyelet, and an annular recess for raised portion'on the head of the eyelet and receiving raised portions on the head of the prevent it from being subjected to excessive eyelet, said recess being of greater dimensions pressure during the operation of setting the than said raised portions to prevent them eyelet. from being subjected to pressure during the 30 -6. In an eyeleting-machine, an upsetting operation of setting the eyelet.

die, and a pressure-die arranged to sustain In testimony whereof I afiix my signature the pressure of said upsetting-die and proin presence of two witnesses. vided with a surface which is recessed to re- WILLIAM S. ELLIOT. ceive a raised portion on an eyelet-head. 'Witnesses: 3 5 7. In an eyeleting-machine, an upsetting- WM. A. MACLEOD,

die, and a pressure-die provided with two Amen H. MORRISON. 

